Tuesday, October 29, 2013

CANTON, N.Y. (AP) --
Police are investigating an act of vandalism that damaged dozens of
headstones at a northern New York cemetery.

The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office tells local media outlet that
36 headstones were knocked over or displaced sometime during the weekend
at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in the town of Canton. Deputies say
flags and flower pots also were broken.

Randall Eugene Robbins was arrested outside First Broad Street United Methodist Church Sunday night. The police department received a 911 call about hearing glass breaking and a person loitering around the church.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --
Crooks are forcing local churches to change the way they operate. The
latest victims are parishioners at St. John's Cathedral in downtown
Fresno.

The closure is brand new this week after a man kicked
down a 110-year-old door inside the cathedral. Valley Catholics are
outraged by the crime, especially since the man was caught on camera
walking into a sacred room.

Security cameras caught a man
repeatedly kicking at the door to the sacristy inside St. John's
Cathedral on October 23. In the video, the man pauses after a few
attempts then finally breaks through the door destroying a piece of
cathedral history.

Monday, October 28, 2013

MANKATO — A Mankato church has been hit by vandals twice since
August, but the latest incident resulted in damage to its aging
stained-glass windows.

Two stained-glass windows at SS. Peter
& Paul's Catholic Church were installed more than a century ago,
said Mark Frederick, parish administrator. Someone threw a brick, pieces
of cement block and a rock through those windows and two other windows
early Friday morning.